Archive for November 13th, 2006

No Bon Voyage for Me

As a reasonably well known blogger, I get the occasional book to review, invitation to a conference, or radio interview. A few days ago, I received my first invitation to another country. Guess which one.

Dear Dave,
France24 (http://www.france24.com), the new international information TV network, would like to invite you to Paris to join a select group of [...]

Israeli News Briefs

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has reminded everyone that Iran is a threat. As has Ahmadinejad.
Two French troops have been seriously injured after surrendering to a bulldozer. Alan Rickman is rumored to already be working on a sequel.
The IDF have arrested a palestinian carrying 6kg of marijuana, in what might be the first case of a suicide bonger.
Everyone is [...]

So What About Those JIBs?

This post from Lair reminded me that blog awards season is almost upon us. And as the founder of the JIB awards, you are probably possibly wondering what I have in store for this year. The answer is….nothing.
As you know, I handed over hosting duties to the Jerusalem Post last year, but still spent much [...]

Hole in the Wall

Verbal Caricature brings us another Reuters/AFP/AP fauxtography production: the case of the growing hole (hat tip: neoZionoid).
Blogger Bavalova went through 300+ pictures (!) and noticed the following:
Now, aside from the fact that in all 300+ captions they mention that Israel troops killed 18 Palestinian civilians, mostly women and children, they also mixed photos of mourning [...]